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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
THE E1eHr-HoUR SYSTEM.

There was quite discussion in political
economy the other day when the committee
of the council met to consider the eight
hour resolution, since adopted. MesSrS. j.
B. BAssETT anG o. G. MERRIMAN were
on the negative and Mr.. LUCAS replied for
the affirmative The argument OF Mr..
BASSETT was presented dspassionately
and in systematic style. His general posi-
ton was that demand and supply ruled the
labor market as well as all the other mar
kets This he proved conclusively. But
who does this? Certainly not the eight
hour advocates. 1t is for that very reason
they demand the lessening of the hours of
labor Labor is the only commodity they
have to sell. If they throw it into the mar
ket too freely, the price must fall.
That Mr. BASSErT should think it neeeS-
Sary to prove and to illustrate this old and
well-known truSm seems to show that he
does not understand the situation. AS the
trades in which he has been so long engaged
is managed on the principle of keeping the
amount of stock on hand within
the limits of demand for it, why should he
think it strange that the men who have
siStence. should follow the example Of the
great Iumbermen OF Mmnesota-th shrewd
men who know a good thing when they see
it as clearly as anybody? Surely Mr.. BAs-
sETT has placed himself in an awkward
position.
But the next assertion that all prices de-
pend on labor is absurd. Mr.. BASsETT was
understood to say. in the beginning, that
Labor and the earth gave birth to all
products is a truth and truism.
Labor is only one of the factors
that determine the cost Of articles Mate
rial i'll the shape of timber leather, metal
or wool must be included. Then there is a
third factor in the shape of rent, profit, ETC.,
which may, for the sake of brevity. be
called rent. Will Mr.. BAsSETT deny that
material may rise in value while labor is
stationary. and that. if it does, labor is not
the only element of cost? Will he deny
that the cost of material and rent may be
influenced and ruled by causes having no
connection with labor? If he does not,
how can he say that when labor falls every
thing else falls in proportion? How can he
believe that it would be all the same to labor
If European wages would become the STAN
dard in this country-that our workmen
would be as well off because the cost of
living would be diminished in proportion?
According to his proposition there could
be no such thing as high or low wages. as
measured by the products to be obtained
for days work. But this is all nonsense,
or those political economists about whom
Mr.. BAssETT talked so Familiarity were a
set of ninnies, grayely discussing nonen-
tity.
When so shrewd a business man as Mr..
BAssETT and so Intelligent gentleman as
Mr.. MERRIMAN coincide in such positions
and arguments. it is time to ask how many
business men are similarly affected with in
capacity to see the point of the great con-
troversY that is now taking the front rank
with scientific students of society and with
friends of humanity generally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
THE STE TSON CASE.
Council Tables Resolution and
Ends Matters for the Present.

| The resolutions adopted at the DANA hall
mass meeting to protest against the con-
duct of Chief Engineer Stetson were pre-
sented to the council by the committee of
five. They have already been printed in
the GLOBE, and they concluded by calling
for committee of five to investigate.
Aid. Dwyer-The special committee of five,
| consisting of DR.. Collins, Secretary OF State
Mattson and others, is here, but they do not
wish to take up your time, so I move the mat
| ter be referred to the committee on fire de-
| partment for investigation.
| Aid. MorSe-I offer as a substitute that the
| chi eff of the fire department be instructed to
| submit communication to council, giving his
| reasons in full for leaving off certain names
| in his list of appointments. He has good
reasons. and we should hear them, but do
not believe in Investigating man for eXer-
cising his charter privileges.
| Aid. Johnson move to table the whole
matter. If we have confidence in the chief
| we ought to confirm his work. am no par
! ticular friend of his, and have voted against
| him in caucus, but now that he is chief, we
| should stand by him until formal charges have
| been preferred.
At this time committee was out. and
when roll was called seven aldermen were
absent. Believing his motion had been
lost, Aid. johnson moved to send for the
abSenteeS, but it was then discovered the
motion had prevailed. Aid Mills moved
to dispense with proceedings under the call,
but Aid. McArdle called for the yeas and
nays. which brought in all of the aldermen.
The motion then prevailed by vote of 20
to 16, as follows:
Yeas-Barrows, Clark, Clough, Cole. Cooley,
Downs, Garvey, Gilman, Johnson E. NJ, Law
| renee, Mills, Morse, Nichols, Noerenberg,
Parker, Stoft, Stoneman, Tingley. Vogt and
| Wenck-20.
| Nays-Cloutier, Dwyer, Erwin, Gibson,
Gleason, Hanscom, johnson c., johnson J.
| L.. Kerr, LHerault, McArdle, Muldoon,
Oswald, Phillips, Reeve and Swenson-16.
This is not party VOTE and it disposes
of the Stetson matter for the present.
Aid Oswald offered resolution recon-
sidering the motion by which the chief of
the fire department was confirmed. The
point was raised that as Aid. HanscOm had
given notice of this reconsideration nobody
else was competent to make it.
| Aid. Dwyer-Yes, the understanding was
| that Aid. HanScOm was to offer the motion,
but the fact that some sleight-or-hand work
| has been done to prevent his doing it, does
not debar anyone else from doing it.
Aid. L'Herault-Order, there! T call the
gentleman to order. What right has he to
| impugn the motives of an alderman here?
Aid. Dwyer explained that since the last
meeting of the council it had been ascer-
tanned other valuable men had been dropped
from the list, and it was more than ever
important to reconsider. Aid. Hanscom
explained he would stand by the chief until
formal charges were made. By vote of
20 to 16 the council refused to reconsider.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
THE POLICE COMMISSION
will Not Appoint Special Officer
for Justice Courts.

for Justice Courts.
The police commission met yesterday
afternoon and inspected the fifth detail of
twenty members of the police force. City
Attorney Smith. in reply to the question as
to whether the commission possesses the
right to appoint special policemen to serve
papers from the newly established justice
courts, submitted the following opinion:
On examining the provisions of the act
closely and comparing it with the municipal
court act, and the duties of the policemen as
provided in it for the service of papers in
civil actions, L am of the opinion that you
have no authority to appoint or provide for
any such police, and that the papers from
those courts must be served by either the
sheriff or constable of the county.
In accordance with this construction of
the law. the clerk of the board was in
structed to return a number of applica-
tions made for appointment of special po-
licemen to serve papers.
The commission has now about forty
more policemen to inspect. and will finish
its work Monday. Police Surgeon Kelly
has examined about fifty members of the
staff, and is highly pleased with the physi-
cal condition of the force. He said yester-
day:
L don't wonder Mayor Ames wants to re-
tain the present force. L have made a rigid
examination, and have not yet found man
unfit for duty. Nearly all of them are splen-
did specimens of physical SOundneSS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
A New Manufacturing Industry.

The first meeting of the Minneapolis ALL
Iron Fence company was held Thursday
afternoon at the Office of j. w. Tousley &
Son, 242 Hennepin avenue, its organization
being perfected under very fattering cir
cumstances. A meeting of the directors
was held shortly afterward and the follow
ing officers elected for the ensuing year:
John W. Tousley. president and general
manager; William S. King, vice-president;
John II. Tousley, secretary; Charles FL.
Howard, assistant secretary; c. P. Lowell,
treasurer, and H. L. WOODBURY., superin-
tendent of factory. The books were
opened and subscriptions for stock received.
1t is expected that a plant will soon be
selected, at which time the erection of suit
able buildings will be pushed to an early
completion. The company is already en-
gagged in manufacturing posts, orders for
which are crowding in at this early date,
and from present indications they will be
justified in erecting an extensive manu.
factory.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
The ninth ward contest.

The contest case of Matt Bredemus VS.
Hermann Vogt for seat as alderman from
the Ninth ward, was brought up by means
Of a written opinion from the city attorney,
touching the rights of the council in the
matter of recount of the vote. He sub
mitted that under the charter the council
was the sole judge of the election and
qualification OF it's members. The new
election law does not bear on this case at
all. He was of opinion the council has
full authority to count the vote, send for
persons and papers and to decide the re-
suit. Aid. Cloutier moved the appoint
ment of committee of five, with full ALL
thorlty in the matter, to count the vote.
send for persons and papers and report at
the next regular meeting of the council.
Aid. johnson wanted six on the committee.
which is without precedent in such cases,
and his amendment was lost, while the
regular motion prevailed. The committee
was constituted as follows: Cloutier,
Cooley, Downs. StOft and L'Herault.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23

and the aldermen of the Eighth and Thir-
teenth wards, to investigate and report
forthwith. People of the upper end of the
city asked for an eXtention of the street
car lines from Twentieth avenue north to
Twenty-sixth avenue north, which petition
took the same course. The committee held
an immediate meeting and asked further
time. which was granted. In the matter of
the Stevens avenue line, the committee was
given power to act
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
LOCAL Nh ENTION.
T. R aY & Co.

Sell the finest grades of tea and coffee in the
city, and they do it at fair prices. Go, then,
and ask them to put you up a combination
that is right, and you will be sure to call for
the same thing again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
The Largest stock

Of wood mantels west of New York, and In
all native hard woods thoroughly seasoned
and of the very best possible make ant
finish. may be seen at George c. Farnham's
No. IS South Third street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
Drink it Mixed.

The Mocha and Java mixed and sold by T..
Ray s. Co. is certainly the most superior arti-
Gle in the coffee line sold in the city. Have
Won tried it?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
The Gypsie Band

Furnishes music during the entire afternoon
to-day at the Columbia. Delightful music
will also be furnished for the evening, and a
more than usually attractive spread will be
placed before those who go there for the
''good things to eat and drink.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23

Invoices of tiles of the newest colors and
designs of the best English and American
manufacturers, embracing everything in the
most delicate and popular colorings. George
C. Farnham, No. 3S South Third street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
Cemetery and Lawn Vases

New shapes and large variety of sizes an
style of finish, at George c. Farnham's, Nc
80 South Third street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23

Owing to yesterdays snowstorm the game
of ball between the Detroit and Minneapolis
mines was postponed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23

Additional Minneapolis News on
the Fifth Page.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-23
lam Constantly Receiving

A Delicious Beverage
Is always found in the superior class of
cOtfees sold by T. Ray a. Co.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
LABOR LITERATURE.
A KNIGHT OF LABoR-The Dawn of Real
 Freedom.... ..,,.......... ...-....,.......
 Capital on Trial, I........... ....,...,..

A KNOTT OF LABoR-rhe Dawn of Real Freedom .... ,.,..,..-.. .......,, Capital on Trial, l......-.... ...........
 II l............,.,..,,.., ANTI SyLLAgrs and ToM srGAHo knLEp..., So,03 BEBEI, ArGusr Social Democratic Deputy in the RciChstag, ,D-Wuman in the Past, Present and Future ........ ......,........ 80 BuRNs, JOHN-lhe Man with the Red Flag, CARrENTEE, EDW,-Dosirable Mansions.,.
 Social Progress and In.
 diyidual Effort ......... DoUAI DR. A Better Times, N pages. .05 Fnnt TRADE IN DEiNK-An argument for curing National Drunkenness by abOl- ishing the licensing system ............,. 10 GEuRGE, IIENEY-i'rogress and Poverty,
 Cloth 35c paper. 20
 Social Problems, Cl.35c.
 paper ..... .......,,. 20
 The Land Question, Cl.,
 25c paper ......,.. 10
 Property In Land.....,. .15 GRoNLUNp, LAuRENCE-1hc Cooperative Commonwealth: an Exposition of Mod ern Socialism, Cloth, 75c., paper,...,.,. .25 lvEs, GuYor-Englsh and French Morality 30 HYMNS OF PEoanFss--A collection of songs dealing solely with the largest and simplest aspects of human life, human love. human hope. Cloth l5c paper. 10 IIYNpNAE, Ii. M.--Socialism and Slavery. 20
 Socialism and Smthism, 10
 Emigration Fraud. .,.,..
 Social RecOnstructtOns
 of England .,.......
 The Coming Revolutions
 in England ,...,.,,. lIYNpMAN AND MORRIS Principles of Social ism ,.-.....,.....,...,,,... .l5 JoNAs A-~Repurter and Socialist 60 pages, an interview explaining the aims and objects uf Socialism. ..,..........,..... 10 JoYNEs, ]. L,-Socialist tatechism 2i
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 Socialist Rhymes, lfpages, .05 KRororKlN, PErER-An Appeal to the LAsALLE, FERDlNAND-rhe Workingmen's Programme 5I pages ,,,,.....,....,., 20 MARRIAGE. the Future of-By respectable Woman, London, B pages, yOs..,. 10 MARX, kARL-Wagc Labor and Capital,
 crown, lG mo, 4S pages, 10
 Extracts from "kapital",. 10 MARX. -Communstic Manifesto,.. 10 My PATH INTO FREETHOuGHT-A Partial Au toblography of a Freethinker. ..."..... 40 MOTION, loriN The Australian Labor Mar kct; startling disclosures ....,...,.,.,, ,05 SPENCER, on Socialism ..,,.. ....,....... .O5 SocfALIsrIc TRACTS, per 100 .,.,.,.,.,.,...,. 20 SOCIALISM MADE prMN-5lst thousand per o. 100, S3D ....,.,..... ..,r,.,... .,.. .09 SOCIALISM AND ANARcHIsM -Autagonstic SoR0E-Socialism and the Workers ,....... .O5 1HRELFA1I---Address to the Trade Union Congress 1885, London ................. .05 TuE FAcrs AnouTrnE UNEMpLoYEp-An ap- peal and Warning, by One of the Middle Class s,....................... ,05 Any of the above works can be had at the office of the National Executive Board, W. l.. ROSENBERG, Secretary, li2 First avenue, New York City,
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
5. l.. p. DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SECTIONS

BplpGEroRT, CONS~ Meeting at Excelsior liar, monic Hall, Organizer $, Seller, 52s Main street. BosroN, MAss ~-Organlzer, IL w. Brown, : Kirk land street. BUFFALO, N, N.-Meeting every Monday at GS3 Michigan street. Organizer Ch, Forth, 515 Front avenue. HARTFORD, CoNN.- Organizer Robert Pyne, 2Si Asylum street KANSAS CIry Meeting every Friday evening at TobCner'S Hall, cor. lhrh street and Grand avenue. Secretary, Dr Lorrt tia Hammond, l305 Walnut street MINNEAPOLIS. MtSN -~u' gani2ar, A. L, Gardner, 3OO9 29th street, south. NEw YORK Meeting every first and third Mon. day, at Free Socialist Library and Meeting Room. il3 Eighth street. NEW HAVEN, CoNN. Meeting at Trades Council Hall, Organizer, II, H. Lane, P, 0, Drawer t03 PmADrtruIA, "A. Organizer J. de Bruyn, 1889 CamiaC street. Flemish section meets First sunday morning in each month at Comrade C. Funtyn'S HIS S. 5th street SYAcrsE. N N.--Organizer Wm. lippclt 2l W. FaNette street.
 sN The several organizers are requested to complete this list and to report regularly on changes being made,
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22

they are protesting vehemently against the introduction of the Knights label into the Chicago trade. It does not seem, however, that the trouble can be much longer averted, as the Knights who are leading the movement are deter mined to introduce their label re- gardless of the union. The folly of having two organizations of work ingmen in the same trade competing with each other for supremacy has been abundantly illustrated, and when it comes to cutting wages in order to get employment for their respective memberships it is nothing less than suicidal. Cigarmakers should join the Cigarmakers' Union if they wish to get the full benefit of organization in their trade.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
MEDDLESOME KNIGHTS.
other Row With The Cigarmakcrs
 on the Label Question.

CHICAGO, January lS,--lt is said tt the war between the Knights of Dor and the CigarmakerS' Union, lich was one of the main causes of } Columbus conference, threatens break out at this point, owing to
 determination of a number of bilious leaders among the Knights 'orce the fighting. It Was only
 h great difficulty that the troub.e prevented from arising before ] being cause of disruption ill
 labor element. The present
 rcment is caused by the Knights handing the label of their order, stead of the regular union label. the Knights scale of prices is nsiderably lower than that of the nion, this means a heavy reduction
 the wages of cigarmakerS, and
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22

from active participation in such meas ures, submit, either willingly or unwil- lingly, to the result"
 If, at present, workman should hap pen to incorporate this sentiment in an address to workmen, the supporters of flaw and order would institute riot by clubbing a number of the audience, and the man uttcring the remarks of an emi nent jurist be made the instigator and sent to State prison for conspiracy. Fdm juStjtU' O. ST. F, II.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
PINKERTON OUTRAGES.
Capiials Trump Played to Defeat
 Organized Labor.

As is becoming the custom among corporations when they find that their attempts to starvo workmen into submission fail, the coal compa- ncs along the Jersey Coast have ap- poaled the rifle and the club. Pink crton'S hlrelings patrol the grounds, and the State Militia is not called out to shoot down the tools of the capitalists, They had not been in lloboken more than a few hours when one of them, with three or four more Pinkcrton soldiers at his back, attacked a quiet and unotfend- Ing man who was helping an old man over sheet of ice, Tit him in the face and knocked him down. Justice Weed issued a warrant for the assailant, and deputizcd Mir. John Condon, respectable citizen, to serve it. When Mir. Condon ar rived at the Delaware and Iacka- wanna yard with the warrant, the Pnkorton plugs refused to permit the warrant to be served.
 A few llungarians and Italians have been imported by the compa- nlcs, but several of them have been injured through their clumsiness; one falling into the river and drown ing, while others have tumblcd into the shutes and sustained frightful injuries,
 "Fhc men pretending to work at the dock. said one of the company S supcrntcndents, 'are utterly worth less. The company employs them as q blind to make believe that they are carrying on work. There is no doubt that the strikers have won.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
AN "INCENDlARY" JURIST,

The soundest portion of our munici- pal law and our best legal writers are SociaIlstlc in their tendency, which it should be easy enough to improve to perfection. The "wind covers the wheat" Ill as far as ordinary legislation and newspapers wisdom of capitalistc dye make people feel the efforts of a govern ment which Snecringy is made peCuli- arity of Russian policy. This. however, is only diversion from the true course. The genius of the American people is slumhering or resting, if you choose and that points to a more or less speedy rcaSserton of popular ideas and meas ures, Mir. Robinson, in his work on Elementary Law, section 34,, says:
 "A political society, which derives it's existence from the common consent of its members, may, by the same consent. be n-0iyGHiecd or dj&Nlycd. The people of the United States thus have the right to modify its tsiundamental law, to change the character of it's government, or even to abolish 1t altogether, The people of the individual States have the same power over their organization though subject to the limitations voluntarily ac- cepted by them, in their adoption of the Federal Constitution. Such act. how ever. must be the act of the eholt people. not of any fractional part thereof; and the whole people act, only when such 1 change or abolition is made in the man. ner previously provided hy law, or where 1 all actually unite i'll the measures which modify or overthrow the State. or when ! those, who have withheld themselves
Workmen's advocate., 1887-01-22
CENTRAL LABOR HALL.
and Opening on Monday Evening
 January 3ist.

Tickets for the grand opening en- rtainment at Central Labor Hall. mar Block, opposite Bunneli's 1seum, are quickly passing into a hands of the friends of Labor, d dime q piece. There will be rious attractions besides good in- .umentaI music and dancing, long which will be some excellent ging by the well-known HarugarI odcrtateI, which was so much en-
 ed at the Labor Party mass-mcet- at Carll's when Henry George Ike there, Tickets may be had
 any member of the Labor Town
 mmittee and at the office of the pRKMEN'S ADVOCATE, tSl Chapel
 'et.